CABLE NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 260, 2 November 1908, Page 4

CABLE NEWS.

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[press association.].. NOT DEAD. (Received Nov. 2, 8.18 a.m.) TOKIO, Oct. 31. The report of the death of Admiral Yamamato is "contradicted. CRIPPLING AN INDUSTRY. TORONTO, Oct. 31. Many Canadian paper-mills are closing, owing to strikes and the shortness of water. THii) "FRANCO-BRITISH." LONDON, Oct. 31. The Times regrets the closing of tke Exhibition, which has been a great factor in London's life. It advises that it be re-opened in 1909, since a real demand for such entertainment exists. THE QUEEN. LONDON, Nov. 1. The Queen has returned to London from her visit to. Denmark. THE BISHOPRIC OF MONTREAL. LONDON, Nov. 1. The Bishojp of Stepney has declined th© offer of the bishopric of Montreal. AN ATLANTIC CRUISE. j LONDON, Nov. 1. Sir Percy Scott's squadron, which.is at present visiting South Africa, will shortly proceed to South America. THE COTTON LOCK-OUT. LONDON, Nov. 1. Representatives of the cotton operatives declined to ask for a joint meeting with the employers, to consider the lock-out. A BARQUE ASHORE. ST. JOHN, Nov. 1. The barque Dalhousie, bound from New Brunswick to Melbourne, has gone ashore at Bonaventure, Newfoundland. SAILORS POISONED. ~■•'■ PARIS, Nov. 1. Fifty sailors belonging to the French battleship Brennus have been conveyed to the hospital at Toulon, suffering from poisoning. An analysis of the rations hd& been ordered.